This is the place to explore breaking events and important news about the casino of North America. While there may are 23 separate countries on the continent, you will find most of them covered in our Caribbean Casino News section. While some news from Mexico will appear here, most of the articles about casinos and regulatory happenings in this section are about the Canadian and US industries. The U.S.A. has more casinos than any other place on earth, so most of the articles in this category are about them.
The U.S. and Mexico are organized by states while Canada is organized by provinces and territories. In the U.S. and Canada, we have given all Tribal and First Nation news the same weighting as if they were a single state within their respective countries.
This section provides a broad overview of all casino news in North America and the articles are always cross-referenced with more specific information about the subject matter.
Due to a miscalculation of a complicated gaming tax formula that was recently discovered, since 2009 local casinos have been under-billed by Washoe County; totaling nearly $5 million in shortages to local gover...
Macau and Las Vegas are two of the biggest casino hubs in the world, which makes the process of applying and getting approval for a casino license an extremely long one. The Cambodian government is hoping that ...
Tribal gaming accounts for over 43% of the United States' $65.5 billion in total commercial and native gaming revenue. The general managers of the more than 485 brick and mortar tribal gaming facilities overse...
The Schaghticoke Tribal Nation applied for the right to create a casino in the state of Connecticut and were seemingly approved only to later find out an error was made and they are not approved. The tribe feel...
A former tribal casino employee has been charged with embezzlement by Federal prosecutors in a scheme involving fake “players cards” at a northeast Kansas casino.
On Tuesday, a criminal complaint was filed t...
Most states in America are opposed to the Daily Fantasy Sports (DFS) industry operating without a license. Nevada and New York are just two states that have decided to take the legal route to oppose companies l...
Governor Tom Wolf of Pennsylvania unveiled his budget plans this week, for the 2016-2017 fiscal year. The plans were released even though Wolf and the legislators of the state have yet to come to an agreement o...
Officials in St. Lawrence County were expecting to collect $3 million in revenue for 2015 from the tribal-state compact agreement, but instead will fall nearly $500,000 short.
Based on receipts recently rece...
Monday was the second time the Niagara Falls Advisory Panel met with the City Council to deliver an urgent message, to stop using casino funds to balance the city’s budget.
A meeting between Advisory Panel C...
After facing strong opposition from Brookhaven town officials and civic leaders, Suffolk Off-Track Betting (OTB) is considering moving its planned 1,000 video lottery terminal (VLT) casino to the Marriott Hotel...
The odd man out, Councilman Joel Barajas is the only member of the Crystal City, Texas city council not facing federal corruption charges.
In a bribery scheme that involves city contracts and buying council ...
The Wildhorse Resort & Casino is a gaming venue located in Pendleton, Oregon that recently decided to expand their liquor sales. The owner/operator of the venue, the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Rese...
On Monday the New Jersey Assembly judiciary committee approved a resolution forwarding a bill to the legislature that will allow voters to authorize two casinos in the northern part of the state. Missing from t...
The sportsbooks in the state of Nevada stayed busy this past weekend as Super Bowl 50 brought in a record number of punters. On Monday, the Nevada Gaming Control Board released the figures from the 194 sportsbo...
Compared to last year, racinos in Ohio had a strong January with increased revenue of 9%. In addition, the revenue was 7.5% up at Columbus' Scioto Downs. The casino revenue, on the other hand, remained more or ...